Monthly Archives: May 2018

Twenty-first century society clings desperately to the theme of Frank Sinatra’s signature song, “I Did It My Way,” (with the distinct emphasis on “I” and “My”). People generally, but particularly in Western societies, are obsessed with “I,” “me,” “my,” their personal freedom and continually invented “rights.” Equality and freedom are now non-negotiable demands, with national “democracy” its ultimate political incarnation. Everything must be subordinated to the wants and rights of the individual. In this context, other voices are subordinated to…..

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The struggle for power between men and women is never-ending. It began in Genesis 3:16 and has always existed since humans inhabited the earth. It is pervasive in our society: in the home, business, sport, academia, entertainment, religion and politics. It’s everywhere! It has now developed into a gender war in the Church. A biblical perspective to examine the struggle for power between men and women the only methodology capable of beginning at the beginning. At the outset of human…..

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Bloodshed and violence have been part of human existence since Cain murdered Abel. That individual act was eventually multiplied by many people in the creation of the towns and cities across the earth. That expanded into the bloodshed and violence necessary for humans to create tribes and, eventually, nations. The Book of Habakkuk concerns God’s judgment against Babylon, centuries after its founding by Nimrod (Genesis 10:10). The theme of Habakkuk and other Old Testament prophets is that all this effort…..

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Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814-80) was an American preacher who said, “Neutral men are the devil’s allies.” That is correct—then and now. “The good obtain favour from the Lord, but he condemns a man who schemes.”     Proverbs 12:2 (HCSB) Neutral people sin when they do nothing in the face of sin they know is sin. Evil sometimes exists because neutral people do nothing. They either don’t regard the matter serious enough to warrant any action on their part; or they are…..

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